Friday, 16 June, 2006
Plasma TV shipments up 87%
Global plasma TV shipments have grown by 87% year on year, but fell 26% quarter on quarter to 1.7 million units, according to figures by DisplaySearch.
The most popular segment of the market was 50” high definition screens, accounting for 64% of all plasma TVs sold.
Plasma TVs remained dominant compared to other TV technologies in the 40” - 44” segment, with a 65% share - down from 68% in Q4’05. The 50” - 54” segment gained share, rising from 29% to 33%.
Europe bought the most plasma TVs in Q1, accounting for 35% of all units shipped. North America took a 32% of the global plasma TV market, Japan took 6%, China accounted for 9%, and the rest of the world made up the remaining 18%.
Panasonic was the busiest plasma TV manufacturer in Q1, accounting for 21.6% of all units shipped. LG came in a close second place with 17.8% share, followed by Samsung with 14%.
Comments
RiZ | 23 June, 2006 - 12:44
its damn cool watching and owning a plasma Tv..best picture quality,nowa days people look at the quality most
| 23 June, 2006 - 12:50
Wish I had a plasma TV!
It is true that quality is important - a HD plasma (without the halflife and burn-in issues of the plasmas of old) is the thing that is at the top of my shopping list.
Can anybody recommend a decent HD plasma that doesn’t break the bank (hey, I still have to pay the mortgage)?